After being challenged to list my top ten albums of the year on twitter and finally coming up with a list, I was curious to see how it compares to other people's lists. It was a really good year for albums and so hard to narrow it down to just ten, there are several albums that very narrowly missed out, but here we go (in no particular order)

Without a doubt, for me Vessel was THE album. I have listened to it every day since its release.
1. Vessel - Twenty-One Pilots
2. Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner & TSS (I have only recently decided I love this as a total album).
3. Southeastern - Jason Isbell
4. Downside Up - - Old Man Markley
5. Pedestrian Verse - Frightened Rabbit
6. In the Company of Thieves - Gaz Brookfield
7. Signed and Sealed in blood - Dropkick Murphys
8. Melophobia - Cage the Elephant
9. Save Rock and Roll - Fall Out Boy (Yep, it's really a great come-back album)
10. Trouble Will Find Me - The National

This is basically just a list of albums I loved, not by any means an objective ranking. I don't buy a lot of albums, to be honest. Lots of things piqued my interest that I still haven't gotten around to buying. That said, the ones I have gotten have made it a great year for albums. The top three I am deeply in love with.
1. Frank Turner, Tape Deck Heart
2. Arctic Monkeys, AM
3. The National, Trouble Will Find Me
4. Biffy Clyro, Opposites
5. Bastille, Bad Blood
6. James Blunt, Moon Landing
7. Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks
8. Ben Marwood, Back Down
9. Keane, Best Of (I normally can't be bothered with "best of" albums, but this is one of the nicest such collections I've ever seen. Really a nice retrospective of their career and the bonus disc with B-Sides is incredible.)
10. Muse, Live at Rome (Honestly I was actually a bit disappointed with the track choice, left out a lot of my favorites they played that night, and the sound quality could be better, but at the end of the day, I turn to mush at all the memories it evokes.)